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NY authorities charge 7 in SAT cheating scandal

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A college student is facing charges he stood in for New York high school students and took the SAT exam for them.

Six current or former Great Neck North High School students also were arrested today.

Nassau County prosecutors say Sam Eshaghoff was paid between $1,500 and $2,500 for each exam.

Eshaghoff is a 19-year-old Great Neck North alumnus who now attends Emory University in Atlanta. He was facing arraignment on scheming to defraud, criminal impersonation and other charges. His attorney did not immediately return a call.

District Attorney Kathleen Rice says her office is investigating whether similar SAT scams occurred in at least two other high schools.

A spokesman for Educational Testing Service, which administers the exam, did not immediately comment.